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Conference Paper

Author
Balint, E.
Title
Construction of the Fitzroy Dock, Cockatoo Island
In
Second National Conference on Engineering Heritage ‘The Value of Engineering Heritage': Preprints of Papers
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1985, pp. 63-68
ISBN/ISSN
0858252503
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.724635658978902
Abstract

Fitzroy Dock was the first large-scale engineering project attempted in New South Wales. It was built entirely by prisoners detained on Cockatoo Island, to the design of Gother Kerr Mann, a 'military engineer', who also managed the construction and supervised the dock's operation.

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